Summary: The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children, Marta Santos Pais, has called on the government to find an alternative for, or abolish, capital and degrading punishment against minors....
Summary: Les autorités des Maldives doivent commuer les condamnations à la peine capitale prononcées contre deux jeunes gens jeudi 2 mai pour un meurtre qu’ils auraient commis alors qu’ils étaient mineurs, et suspendre leur possible exécution, a...
[25 March 2012] - The Maldives is a tourist paradise, crowned the World’s Most Romantic Destination during the World Travel Awards in 2011. But while a popular destination for couples around the globe, it takes a radical paradigm shift...
Summary: A 15-year-old rape victim has been sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in premarital sex, court officials have said.
[26 February 2013] -
The charges against the girl were brought against her last year after police investigated...
Summary: Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States.In 2010 CRIN, together with other partners, launched a campaign for the prohibition of inhuman sentencing of children- defined to include sentences of death, life...
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood genital cutting, including female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), male genital cutting (also known...
Summary: The court ruling came ten months after UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay urged the Maldives to stop publicly flogging women for having extra-marital sex. [3 December 2012] - A Maldivian court has ordered 100 lashes and eight months'...
Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the issues...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child...
Summary: The 105th Session of the Human Rights Committee will take place from 9 - 27 July 2012. See below details of which States under being examined and the opportunities that exist for child rights advocates.Opportunities for child rights...
